George Raft
George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, today Raft is mostly known for his gangster roles in the original Scarface (1932), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot, as a dancer in Bolero (1934), and a truck driver in They Drive by Night (1940).
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9.0Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Movie · Himself (archive footage)
6.9Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 · Movie · Self (archive footage)
Rogues Gallery
1997 · TV · Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Movie · Self (archive footage)
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Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992 · Movie · (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.0Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.1The Man with Bogart's Face
1980 · Movie · Petey Cane
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980 · Movie · Self
4.0Sextette
1978 · Movie · Self
6.3Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie · Self (archive footage)
6.8The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973 · Movie · Self (archive footage)
6.2Deadhead Miles
1972 · Movie · George Raft